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17 Cards in this Set
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Allantois |
collects waste from the embryo |
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Amnion
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protects embryo from drying out and provides cushining
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Carpace
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hard shell of a turtle
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Chorion
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gas exchange of an embryo
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Crop
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stores food for later digestion
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Gizzard
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has muscular walls to crush/grind hard food materials
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Parabronchi
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the lungs of birds are made of small air tubes, takes 2 ventilatory cycles to move a particular volume of air.
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Plastron
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ventral side of a turtles' shell
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Pygostyle
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fusion of the posterior caudal vertebrae, used for steering during flight.
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Synsacrum
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fusion of posterior thoracic, lumbar, anterior caudal vertebrae, support landing walking landing and walking plus flight poster
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Syrinx
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specialized voice box
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Yolk sac
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provides nutrients for embryo
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Order Testudines
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Turtles
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Order Crocodylia
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Crocs and Gators
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Order Sphenodontida
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Tuatara (lizard like but is not) has a 3rd eye
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Suborder Sauria
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Lizards
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Suborder Serpentes
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Snakes
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